Holiday Beach Hawk Watch
Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 18, 2019
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Turkey Vulture 15 135 135
Osprey 1 17 17
Bald Eagle 2 76 76
Northern Harrier 2 126 126
Sharp-shinned Hawk 32 955 955
Cooper's Hawk 1 32 32
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0
Broad-winged Hawk 13 24740 24740
Red-tailed Hawk 8 114 114
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 4 299 299
Merlin 1 36 36
Peregrine Falcon 1 6 6
Unknown Accipiter 2 2 2
Unknown Buteo 0 0 0
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 3 4 4
Swainson's Hawk 0 1 1
Total: 85 26543 26543
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Observation start time: 07:00:00
Observation end time: 15:00:00
Total observation time: 8 hours
Official Counter: Maryse Gagne
Observers: Cherise Charron, Elizabeth Kent, Hugh Kent, Jim McCoy,
Patrick Tomlinson, Steve Wagner
Visitors:
We only had a few visitors and observers today, but were very appreciated
for all their help spotting raptors very far into the blue sky. Thank you
to Steve Wagner, Patrick Thomlinson, Cherise, Neil, Ron, Jim McCoy, Chip
Ogglesby, Bob Hall-Brookes.
Weather:
Today was a beautiful hot day with clear blue skies and 10 km/h winds from
the East. Not a very ideal day for watching migrating hawks but a nice day
spent outside.
Raptor Observations:
Hawk migration came to a screeching halt today. Unfortunately, the wind did
not bring us a lot of hawks and the ones that did fly over traveled very
high and often disappeared in the blue sky. We observed two small groups of
Broad-winged (13), Sharp-shinned (32) , Red-tailed hawks (8) and Turkey
Vultures (15).
Non-raptor Observations:
It was also a slow day for non-raptor species, with our biggest count being
196 Red-winged blackbirds. We are seeing more Blue Jays and getting ready
for their migration.
Insects were flying, enjoying the hot weather and we counted a good number
of Common Green Darners (520), but less Monarchs than yesterday (220).
Our highlight came from seeing a Sandhill Crane flying in front of us!
Chimney Swift: 14
Blue Jays: 34
Cedar Waxwing: 65
Red-winged Blackbirds: 196
Black Saddlebags: 180
Common Green Darner: 520
Monarch: 220
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Predictions:
Tomorrow will probably be similar to today, with winds from the South-East
all day and a clear sky. Hopefully we will see more raptors, like
Sharp-shinned hawks and Northern Harriers.
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Report submitted by Maryse Gagne (maryse.gagn...@gmail.com)
Holiday Beach Hawk Watch information may be found at:
http://hbmo.ca/
More site information at hawkcount.org:
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